Kurdish Institute of Paris

By BEN LANDO | UPI Energy Editor

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UPI) - The Kurdistan Regional Government is offering the global oil industry its first and, so far, only chance at entering the Iraqi crude sector. Despite anger in Baghdad, the KRG plans to sign even more controversial oil deals and is waving the "Open For Investment" sign proudly.

Thursday, October 11, 2007  | The Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey: Mehmed Uzun, a Kurdish novelist who was prosecuted for criticizing Turkey's ban on the Kurdish language, died on Thursday, a friend said. He was 54.

10 October 2007 | White House |  By Scott Stearns

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his government will submit to parliament plans for a possible military operation against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the Bush administration says cross-border security concerns can be better addressed by working with the government in Baghdad.

October 11, 2007

If Turkey’s Army is to be taken at face value, it has 140,000 troops and substantial detachments of heavy armour massed along the country’s southeastern border. It has the Government’s approval in principle for cross-border incursions into Kurdish Iraq.

October 10, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Just one week after concluding a security agreement with the Iraqi government to combat terrorism, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on October 9 that he would call on parliament to grant permission for a military incursion into Iraq to pursue Turkish-Kurdish rebels from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) holed up in Iraq.

Oct. 2, 2007 | By BEN LANDO | UPI Energy Editor

WASHINGTON,  Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government made a sudden but not unexpected announcement Tuesday it had signed four more controversial oil deals. While the move highlights success in the region, it comes as the central government in Baghdad struggles to meet long-term agenda items like a national oil law.

October 5, 2007 by Ivan Watson | Morning Edition

More than a month has passed since four suicide bombers driving trucks filled with explosives attacked two villages in northwest Iraq - killing 310 people and wounding more than 700.

3 octobre 2007 | Ankara

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 | By Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Leslie H. Gelb

The Bush administration and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki greeted last week's Senate vote on Iraq policy -- based on a plan we proposed in 2006 -- with misrepresentations and untruths. Seventy-five senators, including 26 Republicans, voted to promote a political settlement based on decentralized power-sharing. It was a life raft for an Iraq policy that is adrift.

2 October 2007 | By Scott Stearns | White House

President Bush welcomed Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to the Oval Office to discuss a stable future for the turbulent country.  VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story.